Question

42 is 7/10 of what number?

Answer 1

60

Explanation:

The best way to explain this is that the number is cut into 10 pieces. We need to find the number of one piece. 7/10 is 7 out of ten pieces or .7 as a decimal. Some number 7 times makes 42, to figure out what number do `42 divide 7` getting six. 6 seven times makes 42 (7/10) now we need to add all the pieces together so 8/10 would be 48, 9/10 would be 54, and 10/10 is 60. The original number is 60.

Another way is to divide 42 by the decimal it is. I said 7/10 was the same thing as .7 because .7 is seven-tenths. dividing 42 by .7 gives you the full number
`42 divide .7` is 60